And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. |
And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. |
And they were not permitted (it was not given to them) to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. |
They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man. |
They were not permitted to kill them, but to torment (distress, vex) them for five months; and the pain caused them was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings a person. |
And to them there was given [a charge] that they should not kill them but that they should be tortured five months. And their torture is like the torture of a scorpion when it strikes a man. |
They were given no power to kill men, but only to torture them for five months. The torture they could inflict was like the pain of a scorpion’s sting. |
They were not permitted to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and the torture was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings a man. |
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